ReferAloha Terms of Use

 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE

THIS WEBSITE USE AGREEMENT APPLIES TO THE WEBSITE LOCATED AT www.ReferAloha.com  (“This Website”).

YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE WEBSITE USE AGREEMENT SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Website Use Agreement

 

By accessing This Website (including extensions thereof) you are entering into this Website Use Agreement (“Agreement”) with ReferAloha LLC (“ReferAloha”), and you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement includes the terms and conditions set forth herein, ReferAloha's Privacy Policy (which is available at Privacy Policy and incorporated herein by reference) and any other terms incorporated by reference herein.

If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you must immediately stop use of This Website. If you remain on This Website, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.

 

Copyright Notice

Copyright 2007 ReferAloha LLC. All rights reserved.

Designated Agent for Digital Millennium Copyright Act Claims
Pursuant to Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, all claims of copyright infringement for material that is believed to be residing on ReferAloha’s system or network, should be promptly sent in the form of written notice to ReferAloha’s Designated Agent:

Charles Burch Jr. - Designated Agent for DMCA Notices
ReferAloha LLC 
1161 Mokuhano Street  A102
Honolulu, HI  96825
808-664-0040 (fax)
Email: charles.burch@referAloha.com

All claims must include the following information:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single on-line site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Use of Information
Limited permission to copy all documents and related graphics from This Website is granted subject to the following:

1. The materials provided herein are for personal, non-commercial use only,
2. Any copies of documents contained on This Website or portions thereof must include the above copyright notice, and
3. You may not copy or print more than one copy of material posted on This Website.

Documents published by ReferAloha on This Website may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by ReferAloha or third parties. Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting to the user a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of ReferAloha or any third party. Except as expressly granted under this Agreement, all rights are reserved by ReferAloha.

You may not display This Website in frames or utilize any other techniques to display This Website (or any content on This Website) without the prior express written consent of ReferAloha. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing ReferAloha’s name or trademarks without the prior express written consent of ReferAloha. You may not use ReferAloha's domain name as a pseudonymous return e-mail address for any communications that you transmit from another location or through another service. You may not pretend to be someone else (or spoof their identity) when using This Website. You may not link to This Website, without ReferAloha's prior consent, which consent may be withdrawn by ReferAloha at any time, with or without notice, in ReferAloha's sole discretion.

Data Mining Prohibited

You may not use bots or similar methods or tools to “data mine” or otherwise gather or extract data from This Website, without ReferAloha's prior consent, which consent may be withdrawn by ReferAloha at any time, with or without notice, in ReferAloha's sole discretion.

Trademarks
The ReferAloha name and logo and all other related product and service names, design marks and slogans are trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of ReferAloha or its affiliates and may not be used in any manner without the prior written consent of ReferAloha or the ReferAloha affiliate that owns any such mark(s). All other trademarks and service marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

Consent to Monitoring
ReferAloha is under no obligation to monitor the information residing on or transmitted to This Website. However, anyone accessing This Website agrees that ReferAloha may monitor the contents of This Website periodically to (1) comply with any applicable laws, regulations or other governmental requests; (2) operate This Website properly or to protect itself and its users. ReferAloha reserves the right to modify, reject or eliminate any information or other material residing on or transmitted to This Website (or the server(s) that host This Website) that it, in its sole discretion, believes is unacceptable or in violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Website and any Third Party Site (defined below) may contain content provided by advertisers or other third parties that may not be suitable for children. ReferAloha asks parents or legal guardians to assist ReferAloha by supervising the activities of children at This Website. ReferAloha does not knowingly collect personal information from children through This Website.

Limitation of Liability
THE USER OF THIS WEBSITE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. REFERALOHA ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION (OR OTHER MATERIAL), APPARATUS, OR OTHER PROCESS CONTAINED ON, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH, OR LINKED DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM THIS WEBSITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL REFERALOHA OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (A) THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SITE (DEFINED BELOW), (B) ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL, APPARATUS OR OTHER PROCESS CONTAINED ON, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH, OR LINKED, DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE CONTAINED ON A THIRD PARTY SITE), (C) ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED ON OR THROUGH A THIRD PARTY SITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION OR MATERIAL ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE, OR (D) THE INTERNET GENERALLY, OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT; WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORT, OR OTHER FORM OF ACTION OR LEGAL THEORY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER REFERALOHA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

No Warranties

Any material on This Website may include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors.

THIS WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES.

REFERALOHA AND ITS AFFILIATES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY REFERALOHA, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, (A) NEITHER REFERALOHA NOR ITS AFFILIATES REPRESENTS, WARRANTS OR GUARANTEES THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE INTERNET GENERALLY WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE FROM THIS WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND (B) NEITHER REFERALOHA NOR ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES REGARDING (1) THE OPERATION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SITE, (2) THE NATURE, CONTENT OR ACCURACY (EITHER WHEN POSTED OR AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME) OF ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL, APPARATUS OR OTHER PROCESS CONTAINED ON, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH, OR LINKED, DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE CONTAINED ON A THIRD PARTY SITE), (3) ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED ON OR THROUGH A THIRD PARTY SITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION OR MATERIAL ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE, OR (4) THE INTERNET GENERALLY.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS SECTION (NO WARRANTIES) AND OTHER TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THIS SECTION SHALL GOVERN.

Disclaimer of Endorsement / Linked Sites
Reference herein to any products, services, processes, hypertext links to third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by ReferAloha. Product and service information is the sole responsibility of each individual vendor.

Some of the sites to which you may link from This Website are not owned by ReferAloha (collectively, “Third Party Sites”). Some Third Party Sites may contain the trademarks or “branding” of ReferAloha. You can tell if you have linked from one site to another site by looking at the URL in the browser window (or, if the link opens a new browser window, by looking at the URL found by “right-clicking” on the page in the window and selecting “properties”). If the second level domain of the URL for the page containing the link is different than the second level domain of the URL for the page to which you have linked, you have linked to a different site. For example, if you link from a page located at the URL www.thirdleveldomain.referAloha.com to a page located at the URL www.referAloha.secondleveldomain.com , you have linked to another site. Please note that any of ReferAloha's trademarks or service marks may be included in the URL of a co-branded or private label site that is owned and operated by a third party, in a location other than that occupied by the second level domain (e.g., as the third level domain). Third Party Sites may include, without limitation, sites on which you may bid for and/or purchase products or services. ReferAloha makes no representations whatsoever concerning ( a) the information, software or other material appearing on, or accessible through, any Third Party Site (including without limitation, any advertisement for products or services on any Third Party Site), (b) the performance or operation of any Third Party Site (including, without limitation, any transactions initiated or conducted through any Third Party Site, any taxes associated therewith and any use by third parties of user credit card information), (c) any products or services advertised or sold on or through any Third Party Site (including, without limitation, the quality, safety and legality of such products or services or the sale thereof), or (d) the sellers of any products or services advertised or sold on or through any Third Party Site. If you decide to access any of the Third Party Sites linked to This Website, you do so entirely at your own risk. If you are accessing a Third Party Site through a link on This Website, you are advised to read the terms of use and privacy policy of such Third Party Site before you use such Third Party Site.

Security/No Disruption
You agree that you will comply with any security processes and procedures (such as passwords) specified by ReferAloha with respect to access to or use of This Website. Further, you agree not to access or attempt to access any areas of or through This Website which are not intended for general public access, unless you have been provided with explicit written authorization to do so by ReferAloha. You agree that you will not disrupt the functioning of This Website or otherwise act in a way that interferes with other users' use of This Website.

Changes to This Agreement

ReferAloha reserves the right to change any of the terms of this Website Use Agreement (including, without limitation, any terms, policies or notices incorporated herein by reference) without prior notice. You agree to visit this web page (or such other page accessible by clicking on the Website Use Agreement link in the footer of This Website) periodically to be aware of and review any such changes. Changes to this Agreement will be effective upon posting. By continuing to use This Website after changes are posted, you accept the changes and agree to them.

Access / Failure to Comply
ReferAloha has the right to terminate, suspend or restrict your access to This Website, unilaterally and without notice, in the event you violate any of the terms of this Agreement. In addition, if asked to do so, you agree that you will not attempt to access This Website.

ReferAloha also reserves any and all remedies at law or equity in connection with violation of the terms of this Agreement.

You agree, at your own expense, to indemnify, defend and hold ReferAloha (and its subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees and third parties providing content on This Website) harmless from and against any claim or demand, and all losses incurred, arising from or related to (a) any violations of this Agreement or (b) your use of (or conduct on) any Third Party Site (including, without limitation, ( i) any information, software or other material viewed or accessed by you on or through any Third Party Site (including without limitation, any advertisement for products or services on any Third Party Site), (ii) any transactions initiated or conducted by you through any Third Party Site (including, without limitation, any taxes associated therewith and any use by third parties of your credit card information), (iii) any products or services that you bid on, purchase or otherwise obtain on or through any Third Party Site (including, without limitation, the quality, safety and legality of such products or services or the sale thereof), and (iv) the conduct of sellers of any products or services that you bid on, purchase or otherwise obtain on or through any Third Party Site) .

Information Provided by You
Should any user of This Website provide ReferAloha with information , including but not limited to feedback, data, questions, answers, comments, suggestions, plans, ideas or the like, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and ReferAloha assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure (or any obligation of any kind with respect to such information). The submission of such information to ReferAloha shall in no way prevent the purchase, manufacture or use of similar products, services, plans, ideas and the like by ReferAloha for any purpose whatever and ReferAloha shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the information to others without restriction.

You agree and understand that ReferAloha may, in its sole discretion for any reason, and without any prior notice or liability, delete any files that you may maintain at This Website, and any information you may choose to post here. You should keep a copy of any material that you maintain or post at This Website because ReferAloha will not undertake to retain copies of any material that ReferAloha or others may delete from This Website.

 

You and ReferAloha agree that the substantive laws of the state of Hawaii , without reference to its principles of conflicts of laws, will be applied to govern, construe and enforce all of the rights and duties of the parties arising from or relating in any way to the subject matter of this Agreement. YOU AND REFERALOHA CONSENT TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF AND VENUE IN A COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, HAWAII, FOR ANY SUITS OR CAUSES OF ACTION CONNECTED IN ANY WAY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR TO THIS WEBSITE. Except as otherwise required by law, any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to This Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred.

If any portion of this Agreement is ruled invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be deemed amended in order to achieve as closely as possible the same effect as originally drafted. Any invalid or unenforceable portion should be construed as narrowly as possible in order to give effect to as much of the Agreement as possible. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision of this Agreement, nor any failure to assert any right or privilege contained in this Agreement, shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of any agreement or provision.

You agree not to assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement in whole or in part; any attempt to do so shall be void.

This Agreement (including all policies, notices and other terms incorporated into this Agreement by reference) constitutes the entire agreement between you and ReferAloha with respect to the subject matter hereto and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements whether written or oral. This Agreement may be revised only: (a) by ReferAloha as set forth in the Section of this Agreement entitled “Changes to This Agreement”, or (b) by written agreement signed by ReferAloha's LLC Members. Any terms varying from this Agreement in any written, electronic or other communication from you are void.